Women in Ancient Greece

6 reasons why Spartan women were more independent then Athenian women:

1. Girls were given a good education in both the arts and athletics.
2. Women were encouraged to develop their intellect.
3. Women owned more than a third of the land.
4. There was less difference in age between husbands and wives, and girls in Sparta married at a later age than their sisters in Athens.
5. Husbands spent most of their time with other men in the military barracks; since the men were rarely home, the women were free to take charge of almost everything outside of the army.
6. Mothers reared their sons until age 7 and then society took over. Fathers played little or no role in child care.

I believe that women in Athens were thought of as dumb or stupid, and were only good for household work, raising of children, or sex.

I think that artists during the time of Athens painted women naked and/ or working because of what they did in their society.